Sources: BBC
Eight people are killed and a dozen others are injured after a roadside bomb suspected to be planted by Islamic extremists hits a bus on the Damboa-Maiduguri highway in Borno State, Nigeria. 2025-04-13
The National Emergency Management Agency reports that at least 52 people have been killed and over 2,000 others have been displaced from their homes in recent days in tit for tat attacks by rival herders over control of arable land in Plateau State, Nigeria. 2025-04-7
Twenty-five people are killed in an attack by gunmen on motorcycles in Dikwa, Borno State, Nigeria. 2022-06-9
Sri Lanka reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in an unvaccinated woman who travelled from Nigeria. 2021-12-3
Gunmen kidnap 18 villagers in Kaduna State, Nigeria, including seven children, according to a community leader. 2021-09-7
The head of the World Food Programme, David Beasley, warns of a "biblical" famine due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and says that the disaster already exists in Ethiopia, Madagascar, South Sudan and Yemen, while also warning that conditions are of "particular concern" in Nigeria and Burkina Faso. 2021-06-30
Voters in Nigeria go to the polls for a general election. Gunmen kill at least 15 voters including an opposition house of assembly candidate for Dukku in Gombe. 2015-03-28
Nigeria's ruling People's Democratic Party nominates incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan as its candidate for April presidential elections. 2011-01-14
Attacks by men armed with rifles and machetes kill 19 people in three villages, including Kuru Station and Fagawon in central Nigeria. 2011-01-12
The Nigerian government asks that criminal charges against Nuhu Ribadu be withdrawn. 2010-04-1